MaxPreps Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Award: Vote Now

Who had Ohio's best individual performances? You vote, you decide. MaxPreps is proud to again sponsor the Ohio Athlete of the Week awards during the 2022-23 school year.

Each week during the season, there will be a fan-generated contest to tab weekly winners. Each winner receives a letter and award patch for their varsity jacket. 

How does it work?

Nominees are selected from statistics submitted on MaxPreps. Coaches who do not have current access may request their free account here. Weekly finalists are released on MaxPreps every Tuesday and voting is conducted in a special poll. Voting ceases at noon on Mondays. The winners are announced the next day along with the next week's nominees.

Participants may vote as many times as they want. It's a competition. This past week, over 170,000 votes were cast. So far this season over 875,000 votes have been cast.

Week 5 Ohio High School Athletes of the Week

* Nia Hall, Steele (Amherst) Volleyball
Senior had 38 kills and 16 digs in a 3-2 win over Wooster, 32 kills and 11 digs in a 3-1 win over Avon and 21 kills and 12 digs in a 3-0 win over Elyria. Ranks second in Ohio with 266 kills. Also has 170 digs.
 
* Austin Marker, Dixie (New Lebanon) Boys Soccer
Junior had three goals and two assists in a 6-1 win over Fairlawn, three goals and an assist in a 6-1 win over Preble Shawnee and three assists in a 3-2 win over Twin Valley South. Has 25 goals and eight assists in 10 games.

Here are the school year's next round of nominees...

Week 6 Ohio High School Athlete of the Week Nominees

* Torre Kildow, Union Local (Belmont) Volleyball
Senior had 66 kills (22 in each match) in 3-0 wins over Martins Ferry, Barnesville and St. Clairsville. Has 304 kills this season (ranks 5th in the state) and 1,466 for her career.
 
* Lexi Conkel, Minford Girls Soccer
Sophomore had three hat-tricks with four goals and an assist in n 11-1 win over Northwest, three goals in an 11-0 win over South Point and three goals in a 3-0 win over St. Joseph Central. Has 28 goals (tied for first in Ohio) and seven assists this season. Her 63 points ranks No. 1 in the state.
 
* Donte Ferrell, Woodward (Cincinnati) Football
Junior caught 19 passes for 222 yards and two TDs in a 42-24 loss to Western Hills. His 1,138 yards receiving ranks No. 1 in the country this season.
 
* Mikaela Sandstrom, Harding (Fairport Harbor) Volleyball
Senior had 65 digs in a 3-2 win over Lordstown and 51 digs in a 3-0 loss to Bristol.
 
* Braylon Beckwith, Canal Winchester Football
Junior had four interceptions in a 13-10 win over Dublin Scioto.
 
* Abby Yoder, Kings (Kings Mill) Volleyball
Junior had 65 assists in a 3-2 win over Milford. Also had 76 assists (38 each) in 3-0 wins over Anderson and Winton Woods. Her 587 assists this season ranks No. 1 in Ohio.
 
* Jayden Julian, Crestwood (Mantua) Boys Soccer
Senior had seven goals and an assist (15 points) in an 8-1 win over Grand Valley and four goals in a 4-3 win over Woodridge. His 30 goals and 67 points this season both rank second in the state.
 
* Kaira English, Waterloo (Atwater) Girls Soccer
Junior netted seven goals in a 16-0 win over Liberty and had a goal and assist in a 3-1 win over Garfield. Her 28 goals this season is tied for No. 1 in the state.